THE SECOND EPISTLE OF PAUL TO TIMOTHY - Chapter 4 - Verse 9
Verse 9. Do thy diligence to come shortly unto me. As soon as
possible. Timothy had been Paul's travelling companion, and was his
intimate friend. The apostle was now nearly forsaken, and was about to
pass through severe trials. It is not certainly known for what purpose he
wished him to come to him, but perhaps he desired to give him some
parting counsels; perhaps he wished him to be near him when he died. It
is evident from this that he did not regard him as the prelatical
"bishop of the church of the Ephesians," or consider that he was so
confined to that place in his labours, that he was not also to go to
other places if he was called in the providence of God. It is probable
that Timothy would obey such a summons, and there is no reason to
believe that he ever returned to Ephesus.
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